▲ 64 ▼ Lightcone is so outraged at the Guardian article that they have started a prediction market about it (manifold.markets) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/sneerclub@awful.systems 56 comments fedilink hide all child comments WE DEMAND A CORRECTION TO uh various minor nitpicks also we swear we totally didn't get your email bonus from thread: I am having a lot of fun on Manifold, but if the team insists on inviting eugenics speakers to conferences, its probably time for me to leave :-/ What exactly is your objection to people exercising their bodily autonomy to implement voluntary eugenics?
[–] dgerard@awful.systems [S] 15 points 2 years ago (10 children) i think they honestly think this shit is cool permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago (9 children) Hard to know if "Contovicsy" is an AI in-joke or a Grauniad in-joke. Or neither. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) The more I look, the more I'm sure it's just bad GenAI art. I mean, look at the random Big Ben with newspaper art extending into the ether behind it, the off-center knight-in-orb, the decomposed microscope thing, the physically impossible structural shadow on the disproportionate globe that simultaneously shows from Panama east to Borneo but somehow lacks India... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (6 children) New Zealand has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Do you think it was NZ? I kept trying to figure out what it was but because India was missing I was really unclear. I also guessed “extremely large New Guinea.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent [–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent [–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago More-crap-ter Projection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 9 points 2 years ago (9 children) Hard to know if "Contovicsy" is an AI in-joke or a Grauniad in-joke. Or neither. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 9 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) The more I look, the more I'm sure it's just bad GenAI art. I mean, look at the random Big Ben with newspaper art extending into the ether behind it, the off-center knight-in-orb, the decomposed microscope thing, the physically impossible structural shadow on the disproportionate globe that simultaneously shows from Panama east to Borneo but somehow lacks India... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (6 children) New Zealand has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Do you think it was NZ? I kept trying to figure out what it was but because India was missing I was really unclear. I also guessed “extremely large New Guinea.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent [–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent [–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago More-crap-ter Projection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 8 points 2 years ago (8 children) The more I look, the more I'm sure it's just bad GenAI art. I mean, look at the random Big Ben with newspaper art extending into the ether behind it, the off-center knight-in-orb, the decomposed microscope thing, the physically impossible structural shadow on the disproportionate globe that simultaneously shows from Panama east to Borneo but somehow lacks India... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (6 children) New Zealand has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Do you think it was NZ? I kept trying to figure out what it was but because India was missing I was really unclear. I also guessed “extremely large New Guinea.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent [–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent [–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago More-crap-ter Projection permalink fedilink source parent
[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 6 points 2 years ago (6 children) New Zealand has entered the chat permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Do you think it was NZ? I kept trying to figure out what it was but because India was missing I was really unclear. I also guessed “extremely large New Guinea.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent [–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 5 points 2 years ago (5 children) Do you think it was NZ? I kept trying to figure out what it was but because India was missing I was really unclear. I also guessed “extremely large New Guinea.” permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent [–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago “extremely large New Guinea.” It's just got big bones permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) iirc (and rough neuron lookup here:) there’s a longstanding issue with entertainment etc mapmakers that leave NZ out of their maps permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gnomicutterance@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just a conspiracy of cartographers then. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 3 points 2 years ago* ah, I was remembering half correctly, and also lol. a conspiracy is now definitely the new mental collective noun I have for cartographers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pikesley@mastodon.me.uk 3 points 2 years ago @gnomicutterance @o7___o7 Extremely Large New Guinea is a variant of Bigger Luke http://biggerluke.wikidot.com/bigger-luke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] blakestacey@awful.systems 4 points 2 years ago More-crap-ter Projection permalink fedilink source parent